Attachment for cultivators



Feb. 5, 1929. 1,701,414

R. MARTI ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS Filed Jan. 23, 1928 f I L? IT I z V/6 I I no 1 l 4 O O o I J V flay Marti VVVV OR Patented F cl) 5," 1929.

UNITED STATES rATiEiNT *OFFI E.

ROY mm, or CHURCH, IOWA.

'ar'mcnmnnr FOR ourxrrva'roas.

This invention relates to cultivators and its general object is toprovide a cultivator attachment that will protect plants during thecultivation thereof, and at the same time will break up the soiladjacent the plant and cause pulverized soil to be thrown about theplants, with the result quick and proper growth will be assured. l

A further object of the invention is to provide a cultivator'attachmentin the nature of a fender, that is simple in construction, inexpensiveto manufacture and efiicient in operation and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructlonand ln'the' combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described,il1ustrated in the accompanying drawings andspecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will'be had to theaccompanying,

Figure 2 is a top plan view ofthe at'- v tachment per se.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of one of said attachments. V Y a Figure 4is a vertical sectional view of the fender. 1 Figure 5 is a fragmentaryperspective view of one of the attachments.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the letter A indicates a cultivatorof the usual construction and which includes the usual plow beams B. Thedevice which forms the subject matter of the present invention isarranged-whereby two of suchdevices cooperate to perform their intendedfunction on a cultivator of the double beam type,

be noted that the bodies of the devices are elongated in formation andare relatively thin. with a plurality of openings 4 arranged in rowformation adjacent. the forward cor-- vners thereofas best shown inFigure 3 of the drawings. a

Formed with or secured in any well known manner to the lowerlongitudinal edge of the bodies is a relatively thick strip 5 which hasdepending therefrom in spaced parallelism with respect to each other aplurality of rearwardly inclined teeth 6.

. The strips 5 are each provided with an opening 7 for receiving a pivotpin for pivotally securing the devices to the lower end of the arms 1,and the lower portions of the armsare secured in one of the openings 4throughthe medium of a bolt and nut connection 8. By this constructionit will'be apparent that the device may be adjusted with respect to thearms.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawings, it will beobvious that the devices are to be secured to a cultivator and adaptedforrthe purpose of not only protecting plants, but will break up thesoil and cause pulverized soil to be thrown about the plants. l

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combinationand arrangement of theseveral parts, provided thatsuch changes fall withn the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

ter described comprising an arm, means for securing one end of said armto the beam of a cultivator, a body adjustably secured to the oppositeend portion of said arm, a strip secured to the. lower longitudinal edgeof said'body and being provided with an openingwhich extends throughsaid body for pivotally securing the attachment to the lower end of saidarm, and a pluralityof rearwardly inclined teeth formed with said stripand depending therefrom.

" 2. Acultivator attachment of the character described comprising aflat-elongated .body provided with o enings adjacent one corner thereof,means or adjustably securing the 9o 1. A cultivator attachment of thecharacbody to the beam of a cultivator, means ineluded in the firstmentioned means and arranged through one of said openings, a stripsecured to the lower longitudinal edge of 5 said body and beingprovided. with an opening passing through the body for pivotallyreceiving the lower end of the first mentioned means, a plurality ofteeth formed with said strip and disposed at a rearward inclination, andthe attachments adapted to 10 be arranged in cooperating pairs.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

ROY MARTL

